Scott Brocato
All Things Considered Anchor and ReporterScott Brocato has been an award-winning radio veteran for over 35 years. Hailing from St. Louis, MO, he has worked in such cities as St. Louis, Atlanta, Las Vegas, and Athens GA as an on-air personality, airborne traffic reporter, newscaster, and program director. He has lived and worked in Las Cruces since 2016, and you can hear him regularly during "All Things Considered from NPR News" from 4 pm-7 pm on weekdays. Off the air, he is also a local actor and musician, and you can catch him rocking the bass with his band Flat Blak on weekends in and around Las Cruces and El Paso.
Email: sbrocato@nmsu.edu
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New Mexico State University’s Nelson-Boswell reading series continues Friday evening at 7:30 in the Creative Media Institute Theatre inside Milton Hall. Friday’s featured readers will be wife and husband Danielle Dutton and Martin Riker, both writers and professors in the English department at Washington University in St. Louis. Scott Brocato spoke with them for a preview of their writings from which they’ll be reading Friday. -
The program Dress The Child provides new clothing and shoes to Dona Ana County children living in poverty. On Sunday, October 6, Dress The Child will be hosting a multi-course fundraising dinner called the Sunset Soiree: An Evening Under the Stars, at Amador Live in Las Cruces. Scott Brocato recently spoke with Doug Boberg, the program chair for Dress The Child, about the program and the Sunset Soiree. -
A new book, “How Women Made Music”, is inspired by NPR’s multi-platform series “Turning the Tables”. Scott Brocato spoke with NPR music correspondent and critic Ann Powers, and editor Alison Fensterstock. -
The restaurant La Posta de Mesilla is currently celebrating its 85th anniversary. Scott Brocato recently visited the iconic restaurant to learn more about why La Posta has remained so popular since opening in September of 1939. -
Scott Brocato hosts this two-hour program with Professor and Extension Agent Jeff Anderson, the garden guru, who answers questions about gardening and offers expert advice. -
KRWG Public Media is covering contested races around the region. Scott Brocato spoke with Barbara Bush, who is running for County Commissioner for District 4 in Grant County. KRWG Public Media has reached out to the other candidates for this office and invited them to speak with us. -
KRWG Public Media is covering contested races around the region. Scott Brocato spoke with Eddie Flores, who is running for County Commissioner for District 4 in Grant County.KRWG Public Media has reached out to the other candidates for this office and invited them to speak with us. -
The U.S. Air Force is proposing to increase combat training above the Gila and the surrounding region, which would also include significantly lowering supersonic jet flights over the Catwalk and Gila Wilderness. Scott Brocato recently spoke with Patrice Mutchnick, director of the conservation and education organization Heart of the Gila, about the proposal and how it would affect the region if passed. -
An exhibition by renowned Mesilla photographer Emmitt Booher, “Dunes & Dreams: A Portrait of White Sands National Park”, opens Friday, September 6th, with an opening reception from 5-7pm at the Branigan Cultural Center in downtown Las Cruces. The exhibit will run through October 16th. It will include 21 black and white photographs by Booher, who talks with Scott Brocato about the exhibition and what keeps drawing him back to White Sands. -
The University Art Museum at NMSU will have three exhibitions opening September 27th, including “Warhol & Friends”, showcasing artwork by Andy Warhol and his contemporaries. Scott Brocato spoke with Dr. Jessica Ziegenfuss, an assistant professor of art history at Texas A&M International University and the curator of “Warhol & Friends”, about the upcoming exhibit.
